I am interested in studying the evolution of the balance in cooperation and conflict within animal socieites and groups of interacting plants. My goal is to elucidate, through both mathematical theory and quantitative test, the general principles governing cooperation and conflict among animals, among plants, among cells within an organism, and among genes within a genome. Such principles will point the way to effective strategies of conflict minimization within societies. 2017-18 Associate Chair of Neurobiology & Behavior & 2017-18 Chair of the Behavior Search Committee for Neurobiology & Behavior and 2017 taught BioNB 2210 Summer course. As of Jan 1, 2019, I am Chair of Neurobiology and Behavior
Courses Taught
BIOG 4990: Independent Undergraduate Research in Biology
BIOG 2990: Introduction to Research Methods in Biology
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